Right to Acquire

You may do if you:

are a secure or assured tenant
have been a public sector tenant for at least two years or five years if you became a public sector tenant after 18 January 2005

And you live in:

a qualifying property
a property that was built or acquired by a housing association, both charitable and non-charitable, with public funds from 01 April 1997 onwards
a property that was transferred from a local authority to a housing association after 1 April 1997

You may be classified as a public sector tenant if you have previously lived in properties provided by your local authority, the Armed services, fire service or police authority.

You can get a discount on the price of your property from £9,000 to £16,000. The amount of discount you will get depends on where you live. If you have previously had a discount to help you buy a public sector home, this may be taken off your Right to Acquire discount.

Council tenants may have access to discounts on buying their property through the ‘Right to Buy scheme’.

The Right to Acquire scheme helps tenants in England and Wales buy their housing association home at a discount.

Do you have the Right to Acquire?

You will not be eligible if